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Tracing Your Ancestors Using DNA: A Guide for Family Historians Kindle Edition by Graham S Holton (Editor)
DNA research is one of the most important and rapidly advancing areas in modern science and the practical use of DNA testing in genealogy is one of its most exciting applications. Yet there is no recent British publication in this field. That is why this accessible, wide-ranging introduction is so valuable. It offers a clear and practical way into the subject, explaining the scientific discoveries and techniques and illustrating with case studies how it can be used by genealogists to gain an insight into their ancestry.
The subject is complex and perhaps difficult for traditional genealogists to understand but, with the aid of this book, novices who are keen to take advantage of it will be able to interpret test results and use them to help answer genealogical questions which cannot be answered by documentary evidence alone. It will also appeal to those with some experience in the field because it places the practical application of genetic genealogy within a wider context, highlighting its role as a genealogical tool and suggesting how it can be made more effective.
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6.810.000 liter water per seconde (ondertitel: Een stereofonische etude over de Niagarawaterval) is een hoorspel naar het boek 6.810.000 litres d'eau par seconde, étude stéréophonique (1965) van Michel Butor. Het werd onder de titel Sechs Millionen achthunderttausend Liter Wasser pro Sekunde op 1 december 1965 door de Süddeutscher Rundfunk uitgezonden, in een bewerking van Butor zelf en vertaald door Helmut Scheffel. In 2016 volgde een herhaling op SR 2 KulturRadio.

In 1968 werd het hoorspel als toneelstuk opgevoerd in Grenoble ter ere van de Olympische Winterspelen.

In een vertaling, bewerking en regie van Léon Povel werd het door de KRO uitgezonden in het programma Dinsdagavondtheater op dinsdag 15 december 1970, van 21:25 uur tot 22:25 uur (met een herhaling op zaterdag 26 juni 1971).

Rolbezetting
Onderstaande lijst bevat de rolbezetting van de Nederlandse versie van het hoorspel. Bij de rolomschrijvingen worden de oorspronkelijke bewoordingen uit het script gebruikt.

Paul van der Lek (de spreker)
Frans Somers (de lezer)

Bezoekerstypen door het gehele jaargetijde:
Wim van der Grijn & Joke Hagelen (een zojuist getrouwd stel)
Huib Orizand & Tine Medema (een oud echtpaar)
Arnie Breeveld & Mies Hagens (een negerechtpaar)
Nel Snel (een oude dame)
Hans Karsenbarg (haar gigolo)
Albert Abspoel (een verleider)
Christine Schreuder (zijn makkelijke prooi)
Frans Vasen (een eenzame jongeman)
Nora Boerman (een eenzaam meisje)
Dick Scheffer (een weduwnaar)
Eva Janssen (een weduwe)
Marius Monkau (een neger)
Ingeborg Uyt den Boogaard (een negerin)

Inhoud
Portret van de Niagarawaterval en de toeristen die het gebied bezoeken aan de hand van de beschrijving van de watervallen die de Franse auteur F.R. Chateaubriand maakte tijdens zijn reis in 1791. De bevindingen, reacties van toeristen die de diverse watervallen, grotten, souvenirwinkels en hotels bezoeken worden vermengd met de reisbeschrijving van Chateaubriand.

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Every Friday, the young women gather at the blind man's home in a fading district of a sleepy city once famous for its poets and wine. They unpack vessels of wood, string and stretched hides. They cradle them in their arms. And as the afternoon wears on, they fill the alleyways with song.
The song is an old one, a bittersweet melody of grief and hope about a girl, Bahar, whose name is synonymous in Persian with the season of spring.
The man with the shock of white hair and dark sunglasses leads the orchestra of violins, santurs and drums from the front of the parlor.
Ali Jafarian will never see the finely embroidered head scarves or the ecstatic smiles of the 30 or so women assembled before him. But he hears every note and beat and giggle; he feels the tension lurking in every rest, the passion swelling each crescendo.
So they come back, week after week, year after year, and gather round. He is part father figure, part taskmaster. He teaches and adores. They absorb and strive. And though they pursue different paths in their work and family lives, they become one when they rush in here at 3 p.m. on Fridays for rehearsal, stripping off their coats and greeting each other with exclamations and kisses.
"We have something to say in this world of art, no matter how small," says Helen Parchami, a violinist in her 20s. "The instrument is strength. It's power. It's the freedom of my soul. When I play here I feel proud of all the women here. Only women play. We show that we can stand on our own feet."
The story of Jafarian and his all-female band shows the power of art to transform, inspire and connect.
"Nothing can stand in the way of progress, not even blindness," Jafarian says.
But it is only because he is blind that the Fars Women's Chamber Orchestra exists. Normally, most people in this traditional society would frown upon the idea of a man -- a musician, no less -- spending Friday afternoons with unrelated young women, even if his wife were around.
"Not just the authorities, but the families wouldn't have allowed their girls to come," Jafarian says. "Even my family would have given me problems."
But though his salon is a space protected from Islamic restrictions and traditional mores, outside the door there are limits. Jafarian coaches the women, but he's not allowed to attend their performances. A prized vocalist was barred by her new husband from attending practices.
Jafarian and the ladies shrug off such limitations, part of the travails that have long burdened Iran's poets and artists, who over the centuries learned to dodge the monarch's guillotine or the cleric's fatwa by perfecting the art of layers.
From the time of Omar Khayyam, Iran's poets and dreamers have contended that this nation's plight couldn't be conveyed through books or numbers issued by state organs, but must emerge through the slow, sad rhythms and searing melodies of its music, the multi-layered textures of its verse and the tiny curves of its miniature paintings, which depict scenes of longing, lost possibilities and betrayal.
"Art is both science and passion," Jafarian says. "We will do our best to make sure this light of art stays lit in Shiraz."
The 72-year-old's once-sprightly gait is curtailed by age, and he moves in slow, measured steps, moving carefully forward with a walking stick while managing the ensemble, which plays classical or traditional Iranian songs scored for big bands decades ago.
"In these 12 years I've paid for everything myself," he says. "A chair breaks. A microphone breaks. Thirty people come into your house and eat and drink. It costs money. But I haven't gotten a penny out of this."
He smiles. "I don't know if I'm in love or crazy."
He was 14 when he tumbled down a flight of stairs at the family home in Tehran, crushing an eye when his head struck a ledge. Surgery to restore vision in that eye instead permanently blinded him in both. His mother enrolled him in a school for the blind where he learned to read Braille.
At first he wanted to be a sculptor, but his mother encouraged him to be a musician, where his blindness would not put him at a disadvantage.
Before long, Jafarian's career took off, and he became a fixture on the Tehran music scene in the decades before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, composing songs, playing concerts and hobnobbing with stars during those days of glamour and glitz, when elegantly coiffed and perfumed fans would pack theaters to listen to full orchestras backing singers like Marzieh, who was the first to make "My Bahar" a hit, back in the 1960s.
The revolution came. The clerics tried to abolish all but religious and martial music. Marzieh stopped singing, and like others, she eventually headed off into exile.
Jafarian became a recluse, giving private lessons to young people in Shiraz. But as restrictions on music were eased in the 1990s, he hit upon the idea of forming an orchestra.
At first he thought he would get doctors together. But the wives complained to Jafarian that their husbands already spent too much time away from home.
"I realized that the only group restricted from making music or singing was women," he says.
Over its dozen years, the group has been a big local hit, performing dozens of times here and in the capital. Their dream is to play abroad.
Jafarian takes roll call. They are gorgeous, dressed in their finest. A musician has to look good, the master says. Yes, even at rehearsals.
One by one, the violinists approach him, tuning their instruments by a pitch-perfect ear honed over the decades. The daf players take their seats with their frame drums, alongside the row of musicians holding santurs, a type of dulcimer.
Pianist Bahareh Rajai, 31, says she left the orchestra for three years to finish her master's thesis in architecture and got married. But she felt drawn back.
"You used to have better Fridays," her husband told her, encouraging her to rejoin the orchestra.
At one point, her husband acknowledged that he too harbored a desire to learn to sing, and signed up for private lessons with Jafarian.
"This space has a very specific feel," she says. "It's a very warm place. All the people here are friends. We look forward to every Friday."
The classical and traditional songs that the orchestra plays are widely tolerated. Both the authorities and traditionalists like Jafarian and his band agree that the bigger threat is the rap, hip-hop and cheesy electronic pop flooding satellite frequencies, eclipsing religion and tradition among youths who groove to less refined beats.
Most young Iranians would regard the songs the orchestra plays as hopelessly romantic, corny.
But for this group of women, who allowed a reporter to attend a practice, the music offers a chance to excel.
A portrait of Beethoven hangs on Jafarian's living room wall, along with a lifetime's worth of fading photographs, honorary degrees and certificates of appreciation. Jafarian's son Ardavan is also an accomplished musician and a successful record producer in Tehran.
Once Jafarian tried to schedule rehearsals for every other week, but the musicians protested, says Pouran Dokht, the maestro's 64-year-old wife and muse.
"The young get dispirited and depressed," she says. "There are family matters, social matters. But they leave here with a different outlook. You see the laughs and the joys. You see their determination, the interest."
Jafarian taps his music stand, the murmurs cease and the players come to attention. With one strong gesture of Jafarian's hands, they ease into song.
a smile to every face.
The percussionists' feet hit the floor as they keep count. The singer, Dorna Mahmoudi, lifts her head toward the heavens and raises her hand with each crescendo.
The daf players hold their large, flat drums like emblems, striking them carefully with their hands and swaying their torsos with the rhythm. The santur players twirl their mallets with their delicate wrists.
The violinists' eyes remain fixed on their notes as their bows pierce the air. The blind conductor nods dramatically as his arms swing.
Mahmoudi's voice, full of joy and hope, almost obscures the song's underlying despair. The late poet Fereydoon Moshiri wrote "My Bahar" decades ago to console his stricken friend, the composer Farhad Fakhreddini, whose teenage daughter had died of illness in the spring of her life.
Daragahi, now in Tehran, was in Shiraz earlier this year.


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require 'spec_helper'

describe Puppet::Type.type(:vcsrepo).provider(:cvs_provider) do

  let(:resource) { Puppet::Type.type(:vcsrepo).new({
    :name     => 'test',
    :ensure   => :present,
    :provider => :cvs,
    :revision => '2634',
    :source   => 'lp:do',
    :path     => '/tmp/test',
  })}

  let(:provider) { resource.provider }

  before :each do
    Puppet::Util.stubs(:which).with('cvs').returns('/usr/bin/cvs')
  end

  describe 'creating' do
    context "with a source" do
      it "should execute 'cvs checkout'" do
        resource[:source] = ':ext:source@example.com:/foo/bar'
        resource[:revision] = 'an-unimportant-value'
        expects_chdir('/tmp')
        Puppet::Util::Execution.expects(:execute).with([:cvs, '-d', resource.value(:source), 'checkout', '-r', 'an-unimportant-value', '-d', 'test', 'bar'], :custom_environment => {})
        provider.create
      end

      it "should execute 'cvs checkout' as user 'muppet'" do
        resource[:source] = ':ext:source@example.com:/foo/bar'
        resource[:revision] = 'an-unimportant-value'
        resource[:user] = 'muppet'
        expects_chdir('/tmp')
        Puppet::Util::Execution.expects(:execute).with([:cvs, '-d', resource.value(:source), 'checkout', '-r', 'an-unimportant-value', '-d', 'test', 'bar'], :uid => 'muppet', :custom_environment => {})
        provider.create
      end

      it "should just execute 'cvs checkout' without a revision" do
        resource[:source] = ':ext:source@example.com:/foo/bar'
        resource.delete(:revision)
        Puppet::Util::Execution.expects(:execute).with([:cvs, '-d', resource.value(:source), 'checkout', '-d', File.basename(resource.value(:path)), File.basename(resource.value(:source))], :custom_environment => {})
        provider.create
      end

      context "with a compression" do
        it "should just execute 'cvs checkout' without a revision" do
          resource[:source] = ':ext:source@example.com:/foo/bar'
          resource[:compression] = '3'
          resource.delete(:revision)
          Puppet::Util::Execution.expects(:execute).with([:cvs, '-d', resource.value(:source), '-z', '3', 'checkout', '-d', File.basename(resource.value(:path)), File.basename(resource.value(:source))], :custom_environment => {})
          provider.create
        end
      end
    end

    context "when a source is not given" do
      it "should execute 'cvs init'" do
        resource.delete(:source)
        Puppet::Util::Execution.expects(:execute).with([:cvs, '-d', resource.value(:path), 'init'], :custom_environment => {})
        provider.create
      end
    end
  end

  describe 'destroying' do
    it "it should remove the directory" do
      provider.destroy
    end
  end

  describe "checking existence" do
    it "should check for the CVS directory with source" do
      resource[:source] = ':ext:source@example.com:/foo/bar'
      File.expects(:directory?).with(File.join(resource.value(:path), 'CVS'))
      provider.exists?
    end

    it "should check for the CVSROOT directory without source" do
      resource.delete(:source)
      File.expects(:directory?).with(File.join(resource.value(:path), 'CVSROOT'))
      provider.exists?
    end
  end

  describe "checking the revision property" do
    before do
      @tag_file = File.join(resource.value(:path), 'CVS', 'Tag')
    end

    context "when CVS/Tag exists" do
      before do
        @tag = 'TAG'
        File.expects(:exist?).with(@tag_file).returns(true)
      end
      it "should read CVS/Tag" do
        File.expects(:read).with(@tag_file).returns("T#{@tag}")
        expect(provider.revision).to eq(@tag)
      end
    end

    context "when CVS/Tag does not exist" do
      before do
        File.expects(:exist?).with(@tag_file).returns(false)
      end
      it "assumes HEAD" do
        expect(provider.revision).to eq('HEAD')
      end
    end
  end

  describe "when setting the revision property" do
    before do
      @tag = 'SOMETAG'
    end

    it "should use 'cvs update -dr'" do
      expects_chdir
      Puppet::Util::Execution.expects(:execute).with([:cvs, 'update', '-dr', @tag, '.'], :custom_environment => {})
      provider.revision = @tag
    end
  end

end

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WBD EnviroNovember
WBD wants to play its part in a cleaner and greener future for all and works collaboratively with its people to achieve this. Its latest initiative is the EnviroNovember calendar.
Dundee City Council
The WBD EnviroNovember calendar graphic.
by Womble Bond Dickinson
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has always been ahead of the curve for its environmental management and, here, wants to share one of its carbon-reducing initiatives with Planet Mark.
The firm already uses renewable energy in five of its seven UK offices and was amongst the first law firms in the UK to announce its commitment to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2030. Its carbon reduction plan includes: all offices to use 100% renewably sourced energy by 2026; reducing emissions associated with travel by 50% by 2026; setting a minimum standard for EPCs in buildings; enhancing its already robust procurement strategy and working with its supply chain to share best practice; furthering the scope and extent of its carbon emissions reporting; reducing paper consumption by 60% by 2026; increasing the percentage of recycled waste across all offices; and reducing plastic consumption at all WBD locations.
WBD wants to play its part in a cleaner and greener future for all and works collaboratively with its people, clients and suppliers to consistently measure, report and reduce its impact on the environment. With this in mind, in November 2020, WBD reps launched its EnviroNovember calendar as a way to connect and engage with colleagues during the lockdown period.
The initiative centred on small prompts, challenges or actions for each day of November to get colleagues thinking about how they can be more sustainable and environmentally efficient from home during lockdown. There were 30 great ideas incorporated into the calendar to help drive sustainable actions. Ideas included: unplugging everything overnight, turning down central heating, changing to energy efficient lightbulbs, and reducing food waste. The aim of the calendar was to build awareness of the small changes everyone can make and to shift some of the focus towards the impact of activity whilst working from home and its correlation with CO2 emissions
In conjunction with others such as the Travelwest sustainable commuting survey, this engagement initiative helped further embed sustainability in the business. It has contributed to colleagues engaging more with sustainability, wanting to understand more about our environment and ask questions about broader issues and challenges, including scope 3 emissions and the race to Net Zero.
The Net Zero journey has raised awareness and involvement amongst colleagues and generated some real momentum, and helped clarify the individual measures they can take to help improve performance. WBD also shared the ideas with clients and other stakeholders via LinkedIn.
As it looks to this year's EnviroNovember, WBD is eager to work on some of the lessons learned and build on the success from last year.
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Listen to feedback and encourage ideas. We have a number of colleagues who are passionate about the continued environmental performance improvement of the firm. We encourage our environmental representatives to share ideas, engage colleagues and help drive carbon reduction in our operations. The starting point was a discussion with our environmental reps and a challenge was presented; how do we engage colleagues in sustainability and carbon reduction whilst working remotely?
Involve the various stakeholder groups. In the case of this initiative, input from our environmental reps, HR, Business Development and CSR teams. All contributed fantastic ideas with the aim of enhancing the effectivness of the initiative and helping us directly reach as many colleagues as possible (and their network of family and friends indirectly).
Although a great success, looking back there are opportunities for improvement. Social media is a fantastic tool to maximise awareness, engagement and participation. This is something we have taken into this year's initiative to drive use of hashtags and social media platforms. The value here is the wider impact and reaching as many external stakeholders as possible to help broaden the impact of the initiative and help further reduce carbon emissions through small changes in our daily lives.
Decrease in emissions compared to the previous year.
Decrease in business travel.
NET Trams
Around 20 million people use the Nottingham tram network each year, demonstrating the benefits of shifting from private vehicles to an integrated public transport system.


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On Campus: District keeps kids rolling to school
August 27, 2012 at 12:00 a.m.
The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District has a fantastic Transportation Department of about 80 people dedicated to the transportation needs of all age groups of our students.
Their goal is "to provide the safest, friendliest and most efficient transportation services to our students."
This commitment extends to all students, including those on regular bus routes, special education buses, field trip buses, athletic buses and other activity buses.
There are drivers, mechanics, instructors, dispatchers and supervisors working together for one goal: to safely transport students to and from school each day so that they are present at school and ready to learn.
Although other districts have completely eliminated transportation, the Placentia-Yorba Linda district has worked hard to retain the program by creating more efficiency. One example was to combine routes when buses were running less than 20percent full. This helped retain the program and keep costs relatively low. The district wants to extend much appreciation to participating families while these program changes have occurred in order to help the district maintain the program.
As a result, the PYLUSD is proud to continue to offer a transportation program that is solely operated for students by trained professionals, where buses are regularly maintained, and where buses are driven by credentialed bus drivers. Student safety is the top priority.
A thank you is also in order to Steve Umber, director of transportation and our new Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Jayne Christakos, who oversees transportation.
I'd also like to introduce you to Robert Kent who has been assigned as the new district assistant superintendent of personnel services.
Although Kent came from the Magnolia School District where he served as executive director of human resources and technology, he feels at home here in the PLYUSD. He attended Mabel Payne Elementary School, Bernardo Yorba Middle School and graduated from Esperanza High.
"I have terrific memories of Esperanza where I was involved in student government, baseball and football," Kent shared.
After graduation, he earned his bachelor's degree in communication from Cal State Fullerton. While in college, he began coaching baseball and football at Esperanza and then decided to earn his teaching credential at Whittier College. He also earned his master's degree in education at Whittier, with teaching credentials in social studies and physical education.
He began his teaching career at Esperanza where he did his student teaching and substitute taught for two years. He was able to continue coaching baseball and football.
"I was blessed to have many outstanding teachers and coaches who I admire greatly: Gary Meek, former head football coach at Esperanza; Mike Curran, current head baseball coach; and Doug Domene, who is now our new superintendent," Kent said.
He was also on staff at Edgewood Middle School in West Covina where he taught social studies and physical education for three years. Next, he went to Corona-Norco where he started as a physical education teacher. During the next 20 years, he served as an assistant principal, principal and human resources director in Corona-Norco. He left Corona-Norco in 2010 for Magnolia School District.
"I was thrilled to see the job of assistant superintendent of personnel become available," he shared. "It was my dream job! As I went through the application and interview process, I became more and more excited about the opportunity to work in such a professional organization."
Kent brings a wealth of experience in all matters related to certificated and classified personnel, technology and in building as well as sustaining strong positive relationships with employees.
He and his wife, Lisa, live in Anaheim Hills with their boys Tyler, who attends Running Springs Elementary in Orange Unified School District, and Bo, who is starting at Canyon High as a freshman. They enjoy camping, fishing, and spending time watching and playing sports.
Kent explained, "One of our favorite activities is to take our trailer to San Elijo State Beach Campground in Carlsbad."
Corinne Griffiths, a retired sixth-grade teacher from the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, covers our students' accomplishments. E-mail items to CorinneEscobar@Griffiths.net.


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Q: how to show camera in half screen aspect ratio or const height not working i want to display camera in half screen to capture the photo but i try to give height and aspect ratio but none of them is working here is code what i've tried. Camera is still opening in full screen
I am using this camera lib
 Widget _camera() {
    return Container(
      height: MediaQuery.of(context).size.height / 2,   // This is the height not working
      child: Stack(
        alignment: Alignment.topCenter,
        children: [
         Container(
            child: AspectRatio(
              aspectRatio: 16 / 9,                      //this is also not working
              child: CameraPreview(_cameraController),
            ),
          ),
    // This is to draw a rectangle on a camera
          Container(
            margin: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 16),
            width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width - 16,
            height: MediaQuery.of(context).size.height / 2.8,
            decoration: BoxDecoration(
              borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(16),
              border: Border.all(color: KpColors.whiteColor),
            ),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }

A: you can change the ratio by using scale, this article:
Map<String, double> ratios = {
      '1:1': 1 / 1,
      '9:16': 9 / 16,
      '3:4': 3 / 4,
      '9:21': 9 / 21,
      'full': MediaQuery.of(context).size.aspectRatio,
    };

final size = MediaQuery.of(context).size;
         print('screen ratio: ${size.aspectRatio}, default: $_defaultRatio');

         return Transform.scale(
           scale: 1.0,
           child: AspectRatio(
             aspectRatio: _defaultRatio,
             child: OverflowBox(
               alignment: Alignment.center,
               child: FittedBox(
                 fit: size.aspectRatio >= _defaultRatio
                     ? BoxFit.fitHeight
                     : BoxFit.fitWidth,
                 child: Container(
                   width: size.aspectRatio >= _defaultRatio
                       ? size.height
                       : size.width,
                   height: size.aspectRatio >= _defaultRatio
                       ? size.height / controller.value.aspectRatio
                       : size.width / controller.value.aspectRatio,
                   child: Stack(
                     children: <Widget>[
                       CameraPreview(controller),
                     ],
                   ),
                 ),
               ),
             ),
           ),
         );

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A wonderful pair of beautifully cast brass wall sconces in the traditional style with oak leaf decoration and bow tops. These are very nicely made , and, are rare to find these days esp with the oak leaf motifs .
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#ifndef GRPC_TEST_CPP_STRESS_INTEROP_CLIENT_H
#define GRPC_TEST_CPP_STRESS_INTEROP_CLIENT_H

#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include <grpcpp/create_channel.h>

#include "test/cpp/interop/interop_client.h"
#include "test/cpp/util/metrics_server.h"

namespace grpc {
namespace testing {

using std::pair;
using std::vector;

enum TestCaseType {
  UNKNOWN_TEST = -1,
  EMPTY_UNARY,
  LARGE_UNARY,
  CLIENT_COMPRESSED_UNARY,
  CLIENT_COMPRESSED_STREAMING,
  CLIENT_STREAMING,
  SERVER_STREAMING,
  SERVER_COMPRESSED_UNARY,
  SERVER_COMPRESSED_STREAMING,
  SLOW_CONSUMER,
  HALF_DUPLEX,
  PING_PONG,
  CANCEL_AFTER_BEGIN,
  CANCEL_AFTER_FIRST_RESPONSE,
  TIMEOUT_ON_SLEEPING_SERVER,
  EMPTY_STREAM,
  STATUS_CODE_AND_MESSAGE,
  CUSTOM_METADATA
};

const vector<pair<TestCaseType, std::string>> kTestCaseList = {
    {EMPTY_UNARY, "empty_unary"},
    {LARGE_UNARY, "large_unary"},
    {CLIENT_COMPRESSED_UNARY, "client_compressed_unary"},
    {CLIENT_COMPRESSED_STREAMING, "client_compressed_streaming"},
    {CLIENT_STREAMING, "client_streaming"},
    {SERVER_STREAMING, "server_streaming"},
    {SERVER_COMPRESSED_UNARY, "server_compressed_unary"},
    {SERVER_COMPRESSED_STREAMING, "server_compressed_streaming"},
    {SLOW_CONSUMER, "slow_consumer"},
    {HALF_DUPLEX, "half_duplex"},
    {PING_PONG, "ping_pong"},
    {CANCEL_AFTER_BEGIN, "cancel_after_begin"},
    {CANCEL_AFTER_FIRST_RESPONSE, "cancel_after_first_response"},
    {TIMEOUT_ON_SLEEPING_SERVER, "timeout_on_sleeping_server"},
    {EMPTY_STREAM, "empty_stream"},
    {STATUS_CODE_AND_MESSAGE, "status_code_and_message"},
    {CUSTOM_METADATA, "custom_metadata"}};

class WeightedRandomTestSelector {
 public:
  // Takes a vector of <test_case, weight> pairs as the input
  WeightedRandomTestSelector(const vector<pair<TestCaseType, int>>& tests);

  // Returns a weighted-randomly chosen test case based on the test cases and
  // weights passed in the constructor
  TestCaseType GetNextTest() const;

 private:
  const vector<pair<TestCaseType, int>> tests_;
  int total_weight_;
};

class StressTestInteropClient {
 public:
  StressTestInteropClient(int test_id, const std::string& server_address,
                          ChannelCreationFunc channel_creation_func,
                          const WeightedRandomTestSelector& test_selector,
                          long test_duration_secs, long sleep_duration_ms,
                          bool do_not_abort_on_transient_failures);

  // The main function. Use this as the thread entry point.
  // qps_gauge is the QpsGauge to record the requests per second metric
  void MainLoop(const std::shared_ptr<QpsGauge>& qps_gauge);

 private:
  bool RunTest(TestCaseType test_case);

  int test_id_;
  const std::string& server_address_;
  ChannelCreationFunc channel_creation_func_;
  std::unique_ptr<InteropClient> interop_client_;
  const WeightedRandomTestSelector& test_selector_;
  long test_duration_secs_;
  long sleep_duration_ms_;
};

}  // namespace testing
}  // namespace grpc

#endif  // GRPC_TEST_CPP_STRESS_INTEROP_CLIENT_H


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If changing poor eating habits is on your to-do list, then learning how to turn out a healthy meal at home is a good place to start. Even if you're not much of a chef, you should know the best ways to prepare your foods to get more nutrients into your system. Because let's face it, when you eat out, you don't know exactly know what's on your plate.
Cooking healthfully is not only good for waist size management, but it's ideal for people under care for such health conditions as diabetes, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease and must depend on low-cholesterol, low-sodium foods to stay healthy.
If you really must fry something, here's your best option. Grab a large skillet or frying pan, and with a little oil as a base, throw in thin or small pieces of lean meat or chicken breast and your favorite vegetables. Stir until thoroughly cooked for a quick, healthy meal.
Similar to stir-frying, sautéing is another way to cook food quickly. This technique calls for a small amount of oil in a sauté or frying pan or shallow skillet under a medium-temperature of direct heat. Add your chicken breast, lean meat or vegetable of choice in the pan, allowing enough space to cook evenly.
Use healthy substitutes for saturated fats. If your recipe calls for whole milk, substitute skim or low-fat milk. Use unsaturated oils such as olive oils instead of regular oils. Instead of sour cream, use ricotta cheese made from partially skimmed milk. Experiment with fresh herbs for flavor, instead of sodium-heavy seasoning salts.


Lots of families will decide to sell their home this year. Some of them will do it in the hope of moving up the housing ladder. That means they plan to purchase an even bigger house in a better location. Others will do it because they've got a new job opportunity, and they need to move out of the area. In some instances, people will even sell their properties in an attempt to clear their debts. Whatever the reason, those folks will have to use the services of estate agents. With that in mind, I wanted to release some info today that should help everyone to get the best service. If your estate agent doesn't do the things mentioned on this page, you should probably look elsewhere.
Estate agents should visit your property and do a valuation as soon as you let them know you want to sell. That is if you don't plan to use an auction. If they suggest an amount based on other homes in the area, they're not doing their job. You should ask them to attend as soon as possible so they can see your home for themselves. By that point, you should have a good idea about how much you expect to get for your property. So, make sure the estate agent's valuation is as close as possible. If they undervalue or overvalue your house, you should run into issues. That is because you'll either rip yourself off or struggle to find a buyer.
Almost every home buyer will search online for available properties these days. Most of them will use the same couple of popular listing sites. If your house isn't visible on this domains, you aren't going to make a sale. Also, ensure your estate agent includes lots of alluring photographs of your property. They should create a floor plan so that any potential buyers have all the information they require. There are lots of tools they can use to make that happen. The program mentioned at https://www.metropix.com/products-upgrades/draw-your-own is fantastic. However, your estate agent should know that already.
Most of the big selling sites allow estate agents to "feature" properties. That means they pay a small fee to ensure your home appears at the top of relevant search results. It's explained here https://www.emoov.co.uk/guides/advertise-your-home-on-rightmove-with-a-featured-listing-2/. If your chosen company hasn't done that yet, you need to ask them why. It could be because they are unaware of the feature. If that's the case, educate them as much as possible. However, sometimes you're best to switch to professionals who already know how to do their jobs properly.
Now you know what you can expect from decent estate agents, sorting the wheat from the chaff is easy. At the end of the day, you don't want your home to sit on the market for ten years. You want to sell it as soon as possible so you can move forward with your life. Read reviews online before making your selection, and hopefully, you'll get it right.


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First let me say, paranormal books are not my first choice. Nina and Ryker are one of my favorites so far. This is an easy read, there is much tribulation and angst along with the steam (of which there is plenty). This stand-alone is full of everything a romance junky craves. Put it at the top of your TBR list.
This fun romp of a book is well written and easy to read. The circle of good friends and the added romance of a foreign fling makes this story easy, humorous and heartfelt. There is drama and steam, but the author does not extend it to the breaking point (the point of throwing the book down in disgust, because the drama drags on and on and on). Read this one, as you sip an adult beverage with your feet up, and enjoy.
This is my first Bliss audio book. I had previously read the story and knew, before I listened, that the steam abounds in this novella. City and Suzy are two of my favorites in the Inked series, this was, however not one of my favorite reads, so the audio did not change my opinion. There is much steam, little story and the narrator does a decent job with it.
A star crossed couple, who find their way back to each other in spite of family adversity. I try not to write spoilers I have to say "three years?" It took three years, after leaving "the love of his life" at the alter, with no contact, whatsoever, to work out the convoluted miasma of this relationship. There is romance, steam, angst and the HEA ending. Good read for the beach with an adult beverage.
Nothing will stop Vinnie from trying to get the girl--not a crazy stalker, Bianca's two older brothers, or the fear he's falling in love.
Another laugh out loud, fun filled fest by Julia Kent. I loved this book and laughed through most of it. The romance, slapstick comedy and interactions abound with the author's signature snark and wit. Have fun with this one, well worth the read.
A fun romp with a bite of steam. This is an entertaining read. There could have been a little more depth and the antagonist was left unfinished, so perhaps to reappear in another story at a later date? There is romance, a small amount of angst and fun, romantic, steamy interactions between Bianca and Vinnie. Enjoy this one.
Caught a deal through Audible, so listened to the second book first. First let's talk of the narrator, the story is written from both points of view and Fiacre Douglas is an easy listen and does a good job with this story. This is a sweet story of two people finding each other. There is family drama, a very small intrigue and heart ache. Such a good listen. I am moving on to the missed book one. Hope to find it as good. Don't miss this one.
Enjoyable read. Found this story just a little too sweet and glib. There is steam of course, the teen romance turns into the adult drama and the requisite HEA. Not bad, just bland.


A dental assistant is a graduate of any of the assisting programs provided by different accredited schools. The major job of an assistant is to take care of the patients and help the dentist during major and minor dental procedures. Other than patient care and assisting the dentist in dental procedures, the dental assistant also takes office and laboratory duties. The dental assistant is also responsible for keeping and sterilizing the equipment. Furthermore, an assistant may take X-rays, remove stitches and apply dental dams. The assistant is sometimes assigned to making tooth casts and impressions and temporary crowns. Also, the assistant takes responsibilities in keeping patients' records, billing and receiving payments. Answering phone calls, scheduling patients' appointment with the dentist and answering inquiries are also part of the assistant's job. Making orders of dental equipment is also one of the duties of the assistant.
The assistant will only be granted the certification as they finish the program which is divided in two different activities seven hundred fifty hours of lecture and two hundred hours of actual demo. They become certified dental assistant as they pass the Dental Assisting National Board CDA exam.
The dental assisting programs are growing at a scale nowadays. Many have been interested and have enrolled into assisting programs in different accredited schools. This assisting programs offered by schools balances its classes. The programs are not just lecture-based or classroom experiences but it is a hands-on training. The trainings are usually conducted in dental facilities and laboratories to equip the students. The have their on-the-job training too. Internship in different dental clinics or facilities is also part of the program. The program's goal is not just to provide knowledge on students but also to provide them the skills they needed to become excellent and competent in the field.
The courses included in the program are first aid and CPR, dental profession, clinical chair side assisting, dental materials, infection control, laboratory procedures, business administration, head and neck anatomy, oral anatomy, tooth morphology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology, oral pathology, embryology and histology, psychology and the special patient, pharmacology, pain control, and therapeutics, preventive dentistry and nutrition, radiology, human relations, job seeking skills and internships. Business administration is included within the program to equip the students as they will be working in dental offices in the future. The students may also take into a higher level of their study by taking some specializations. Some students when they graduate will be able to work in pediatric dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, orthodontics, periodontics, and many other fields. These will take them into specialization in different areas of the field and will further possibly result to increase in their earnings. The rest of the courses may sound very technical to you but these are interesting courses which make every student effective in the field. These courses of the dental assisting programs are the building blocks of dental assisting and they are stepping stones to the success of every student enrolled in the program.


They are the last of their line. They are not chorus girls, chorines or showgirls. They are so different that they have, among themselves, always been the same. They are the Rockettes, exponents of the dying art of precision dancing. In the land of individualism, the Rockette is queen. All 30 of her, as dependable and precise as ever, can be expected to go down, kicking should her taps be finally heard at the scheduled closing of Radio City Music Hall on April 12.
The Rockettes are Radio City Music Hall. It isn't the theater's ballet corps, disbanded in 1974, or its defunct glee club, that springs to mind when the name of the Show Place of the Nation is evoked. Along with the Symphony Orchestra, now itself severely reduced, the Rockettes are the only survivors of the Music Hall's first night on Dec. 27, 1932.
Even at that time, they were so identified with another era that John Martin, dance critic of The Times, wondered whether the Music Hall would retain "precision dancers when they apparently have disappeared elsewhere from the face of the earth." Yet if the future of the Rockettes is in doubt, the secret of their staying power is not. Precision dancing, in which every girl literally moves as one, carries its reassurance of stability in a world of mercurial change and unpredictability. To appraise the Rockettes is to appraise them as the very special artists they are.
Inherent in all these comments is a firm idea of what the Rockettes are not—the music hall dancer who is a purveyor of pulchitrude.
Line dancers, as the Rockettes have been called, were not new when their founder, Russell Markert, created their prototypes in 1925. Yet the earlier tradition of the music‐hall line had been a different one. The buxom, padded show girl of Diamond Jim Brady's day signalled the reign of what was called, believe it or not, the Beef Trust. When a Victorian reaction set in it was epitomized by the Tiller Girls from England, the yery group that spurred Mr. Markert to form his own troupe.
Tiller Girls did not merely dance in unison. "Unison" meant dancers doing the same steps but also allowed for the intrusion of personal expression and quirks. What Tiller Girls introduced was precision dancing—a straight‐line unit of drill‐like disciplined uniformity. Even when the straight line was broken up into geometric patterns, the dancers stressed precision as they formed symmetrical figures of girls doing every step at exactly the same time in the same style.
The point of these numbers is that they were peculiarly American, and it is in their embodiment of Middle America that the Rockettes' appeal must be sought. Over 45 years, they have appeared dressed as cowgirls, poodles, scarecrows, school children, wooden soldiers, bunnies, daffodils, robins, West Point cadets and once—in a revealing glimpse of 1930's sensitivities, or lack thereof—as a chain gang linked at the ankles.
Because their precision work has often been compared to a machine, it might be tempting to view them as an echo of their Music Hall environment, in tune with Art Deco's romance with the machine age. But there isn't anything machine‐like about the supposedly final Rockettes show on stage now at the Music Hall. Within a carrousel motif conceived by Peter Gennaro, Violet Holmes—the Rockettes director—has choreographed a richly varied five‐minute number that combines the friskiness of fillies with the polish that would be demanded of any first‐class corps de ballet. The formula has not gone stale.
The high‐kick finale, a permanent feature with every kick at eye level, is still there. But Miss Holmes thrusts it delightfully toward the audience along a curved ramp that has not been used for years. The girls are beplumed, dressed like ponies. As usual they bare little flesh beyond the midriff and the typical image of friendliness and trust is conveyed in the way they hold their arms behind each other's waist.
There are 30 girls with 10 in reserve, down from the 36 on stage who followed the 48 in 1932. Their first appearance is on a revolving turntable as they mime horses on a carrousel. And then they march out not in one line but two, and the audience breaks into applause. The carrousel image is sustained and multiplied in smaller circles of six girls, who then kick and bow as horses trained to do the same.
Abruptly, the rhythm changes and they are in "open" formation, three lines of 10 girls in a tap routine who back into diagonals. As they reform into two units of open lines, they become Rockettes rather than horses: They do a rhumba and tango with some slink, but no provocativeness. It isn't all just tap, although possibly the Rockettes have kept tap alive more than anyone else. As a concession to the times, the percussive jazz idiom of television has crept into Rockette work. But the core of the Rockette routine is both soft‐shoe and tap, and here the steps are syncopated and intricate, in sharp contrast to the broad spacial patterns that make every Rockette visible in a 6,200‐seat theater. Not so simple stuff.
Yes, but is it art? Compare the Rockettes to the Texas Rangerettes and the line work on television and the answer is clear. There is a difference. None of these unison performers are true precision dancers. You don't need the years of ballet and tap required to be a Rockette to march at half‐time. Television's lines rely on the camera angle and a level of taste diluted down to the common denominator. By contrast, Paris audiences in 1937 had no trouble seeing the Rockettes perform on the same program with the Ballets de Monte Carlo (a successor to Diaghilev's Ballets Russes) in Michel Fokine's ballets, along with dancers from Paris Opera Ballet and France's leading orchestras. It might not hurt as well to remember that the Rockettes were on an opening bill at the Music Hall with Martha Graham, Harald Kreutzberg, Patricia Bowman and Ray Bolger. Each was a leading exponent his or her own dance idiom—respectively, American modern dance, German expressionist dance, American ballet, and American tap and "eccentric" dancing.
In the original grand design, it is these "pretentious reaches of the theater" that would have set the tone for the framework in which the Rockettes were to be seen. Had the Rockettes been allowed to continue to perform in a genuine artistic context, they might appear in a different light today. But surrounded by pap and pop, they have never been taken seriously in this country as the fine dancers they are.


The Pickwick Players production of the Newsies explodes onto stage this weekend and next at Belmont Ridge Middle School in Leesburg. This family-friendly version of the Broadway smash hit musical is filled with tons of action, rousing songs, and amazing choreography. It is a heart-warming tale is filled with local talent and led by a veteran theatre and creative team. Come out to support this local production!
This much-anticipated free outdoor festival and concert just for the middle school crowd in this Saturday in Round Hill from 3-6 p.m. Kids can enjoy live music, ice cream, and seriously awesome games and activities, including the Bungee Run, Demolition Ball, Obstacle Course, Rock Wall, Swimming, Gladiator Joust, Field Games, and more!
The Cascades Fall Festival is this Saturday from 12-4 p.m. in the Potomac Fall High School Parking Lot. Mechanical Bull, anyone? In addition to testing your riding skills, you can enjoy carnival games, hay rides, an obstacle course, pumpkin painting, music, food, and much more.
This Saturday from 12-4 p.m. at the Cascades Overlook Town Center is hosting an Oktoberfest for all ages. Food, beer, wine, music and tons of fun for the kiddos, including an obstacle course, petting zoo, pumpkin carving and pie eating contest, and more.
Yep, a model home tour. Not only can you check out 20 different super awesome model homes in Brambleton this Saturday and Sunday, you also have the chance to win four bikes, gift cards to Ahso Restaurant and Blue Ridge Grill and lots of other fun prizes.


Several swamps are to be found in the fields near Ptice and Úhonice villages from which springs rise and together they create the creek of Radotín. It flows down for 22 river kilometers before it joins the river Berounka beneath St. Peter and Paul's church in Radotín. At the turn of the twentieth century 19 out of 21 mills were run by the water of Radotín creek. There were mostly not only mills, having mill crest, but also other outhouses.
The first two mills were run by steam and later electricity since the creek was not strong enough, the other ones were run by water. A mill powered by "overhead" water was build wherever it was possible because it is more efficient. The most important thing while deciding what type of mill to build was to have a declivity. In the first half of the twentieth century turbines started to replace water wheels and of course the mills along the creek of Radotín were no exception. Francis turbines with horizontal shafts in open concrete fountain were most often installed. After the First World War the number of mills in operation began to decrease for many reasons: competition, progress in other industries, heritage problems and the political situation in particular.
There was an old tradition to address the millers in Bohemia "Master Father". Before the era of Maria Theresa of Austria (she reigned in the years 1740 – 1780) the mills mostly belonged to the church or nobility and were rented.
Widows who lost their husbands often came to the mills and their children got food and fostering there. The children began to address the miller "Master Father" and after some time, so did everyone else.


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Drake to host livestreamed 'Til Death Do Us Part' rap battle
Ultimate Rap League
Drake is bringing together twelve of the top battle rappers for a special competition that will be livestreamed on Saturday. He has teamed with the Ultimate Rap League to host Drake's Til Death Do Us Part.
"I really put this event together because so much time we spend debating in sport, in competition, what would happen if this person had to go up against this person," Drizzy said in a promo video.
"A lot of the time our debates stem from our dream matchups, and this event, fortunately for us in battle rap, is that exact debate coming to life," Drake continues. "These are battles that are fueled by rivalry, hate, a true chance to silence all the talking and definitely set up moments that will rewrite legacy and rewrite history for some people."
The event continues Drake's month-long birthday celebration, and marks the Ultimate Rap League's 12th anniversary.
"Drake isn't just a casual battle rap fan and has been a supporter behind the URL movement for years," Ultimate Rap League CEO Troy Mitchell says in a statement. "Over the last 20 months, he's helped our brand grow by facilitating our partnership with Caffeine, which allows us to stream our premium content for free to our fanbase."
"Drake's Til Death Do Us Part is not just a birthday celebration for our friend," Mitchell continues. "It is a shifting of the culture and is going to be the biggest event ever witnessed in battle rap history, bigger even than Summer Madness 2."
Drake's Til Death Do Us Part airs live on URL's Caffeine channel on Saturday, October 30th at 6 p.m. EDT/3 p.m. PDT and will stream exclusively on URL's app,
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The Worst Possible Ways To Play Team Fortress
Nathan Grayson
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Thing about video game strategies is, they're always helping you win. What's the deal with that? What if you want to find the most spectacular routes to glorious failure possible? Well then, look no further.
Muselk has an ongoing series of videos in which he selects the worst possible weapons for each TF2 class and then plays matches with them. The results are rarely pretty. For instance, the above video has the Pyro with an objectively worse-than-usual flamethrower and a gun that takes advantage of water... on a level with no water. It goes about as well as you'd imagine.
And here's the typically crafty Demoman as some kind of awful flying sword wizard. This one actually went kinda alright in places, if only because I think other players were ensnared by confusion, not so much deer-in-the-headlights as someone about to be hit by a single, person-sized meteorite staring up and going, "why."
The flying Scout is another example of a terrible loadout actually working a little, in large part because, man, he can really get around. If you want to deal very little damage but move like a greased pterodactyl, well, here you go.
And then there's this Spy loadout, which actually ended up being kind of really good. Whoops.
So that's fun. Nothing like the intentional comedy of awfulness being countered by the unintentional comedy of awfulness turning out to be great. It says something (good, I think) about the design of Team Fortress' zany arsenal that outside-the-box loadouts can still be decent-ish under the right circumstances.
What's the worst loadout you've ever played with? Did you... did you do it on purpose?
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